Geoacoustic Inversion for Spatially and Temporally Varying Shallow Water Environments

Abstract

The long-term objective of this work is to develop methods for rapid assessment of seabed variability combined with detailed localized geoacoustic inversions to characterize the bottom for a given shallow-water environment. Consideration will be given to spatial and temporal variability in the water column properties common to shallow-water environments and their impact on inversion results. Methods will be developed in recognition of Navy needs for Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) in littoral regions and corresponding interests in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), and Mine Warfare (MIW).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612197

Entities

People

  • Kyle M. Becker

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Fields
  • Acoustics
  • Dispersions
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Genetic Algorithms
  • High Resolution
  • Internal Waves
  • Inversion
  • Logistics Support
  • Shallow Water
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Universities
  • Water
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies